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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£47,500	-	19,386 15.92%	4,162
Finance	3	Down 1 place-1	£65,000	+4.00%	16,156 13.27%	2,334
Analytical Skills	23	Down 13 places-13	£51,500	+3.00%	6,918 5.68%	1,536
Manufacturing	25	Up 6 places+6	£50,000	+5.26%	6,677 5.48%	1,802
Marketing	35	Down 20 places-20	£45,000	-	5,304 4.36%	730
Public Sector	39	Up 18 places+18	£64,635	+12.40%	4,925 4.04%	838
Retail	41	Down 13 places-13	£48,875	+20.67%	4,710 3.87%	718
Inclusion and Diversity	45	Down 18 places-18	£55,000	+8.02%	3,951 3.24%	671
Organisational Skills	49	Up 52 places+52	£35,001	-	3,556 2.92%	526
Legal	56	Up 18 places+18	£57,500	-0.86%	3,368 2.77%	470
Law	58	Down 22 places-22	£62,500	+17.92%	3,308 2.72%	433
Aerospace	72	Up 253 places+253	£55,000	+11.11%	2,774 2.28%	906
Electronics	74	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-4.76%	2,730 2.24%	1,410
Banking	87	Down 35 places-35	£84,000	-1.17%	2,417 1.99%	330
Telecoms	114	Up 4 places+4	£43,500	+2.35%	1,980 1.63%	448
Games	115	Up 110 places+110	£50,000	+11.11%	1,977 1.62%	107
Influencing Skills	147	Up 65 places+65	£70,129	-5.99%	1,563 1.28%	250
Presentation Skills	164	Down 4 places-4	£55,000	-4.34%	1,454 1.19%	260
Automotive	188	Up 102 places+102	£50,000	+2.62%	1,267 1.04%	318
Military	252	Up 138 places+138	£50,000	+11.11%	919 0.75%	259
Pharmaceutical	267	Up 88 places+88	£55,000	+10.00%	870 0.71%	174
Advertising	275	Down 53 places-53	£45,000	-	838 0.69%	150
Local Government	286	Up 44 places+44	£48,099	+11.74%	802 0.66%	114
Aviation	330	Up 136 places+136	£60,000	+20.00%	673 0.55%	136
Financial Institution	347	Down 48 places-48	£87,500	+6.06%	640 0.53%	58
Documentation Skills	386	Down 49 places-49	£51,772	-4.12%	550 0.45%	142
Billing	412	Down 60 places-60	£45,000	+5.88%	503 0.41%	83
Back Office	431	Down 59 places-59	£60,000	-7.69%	468 0.38%	356
Legal Technology	514	Up 34 places+34	£72,500	+11.53%	323 0.27%	28
Front Office	518	Down 264 places-264	£100,000	-11.11%	319 0.26%	42
Publishing	534	Down 32 places-32	£47,500	-24.60%	296 0.24%	46
German Language	545	Down 101 places-101	£42,500	+21.42%	282 0.23%	28
Social Housing	574	Up 65 places+65	£46,755	+3.00%	249 0.20%	24
French Language	575	Down 206 places-206	£42,500	+21.42%	248 0.20%	39
Health Technology	598	Down 79 places-79	£60,000	-11.11%	220 0.18%	31
Police	611	Down 50 places-50	£50,000	+25.00%	207 0.17%	33
Investment Banking	618	Down 283 places-283	£100,000	-9.09%	200 0.16%	45
Brand Awareness	623	Down 37 places-37	£50,000	+42.85%	195 0.16%	28
Fire and Rescue	627	Down 37 places-37	£55,000	+22.22%	191 0.16%	17
Agriculture	634	Down 35 places-35	£45,000	-18.18%	184 0.15%	28
General Ledger	649	Down 44 places-44	£62,500	-21.87%	169 0.14%	33
Spanish Language	667	Down 102 places-102	£56,110	+65.02%	151 0.12%	15
Avionics	688	Down 62 places-62	£60,000	+24.63%	130 0.11%	83
Tech for Good	692	Down 100 places-100	£70,000	+9.37%	126 0.10%	14
Italian Language	694	Down 76 places-76	£40,000	-	124 0.10%	13
Digital Healthcare	715	Down 48 places-48	£60,000	-14.28%	103 0.085%	9
Digital Health	730	Down 121 places-121	£52,500	-12.50%	88 0.072%	16
Japanese Language	735	Down 109 places-109	£50,039	+47.17%	83 0.068%	8
Retail Banking	737	Down 121 places-121	£83,750	+1.51%	81 0.067%	9
Mandarin Language	738	Down 105 places-105	£45,000	+21.62%	80 0.066%	11